Research

  • Lehigh Announces New Center Focused on Adaptive Technologies

    The Center for Community-Driven Assistive Technologies (CDAT) will focus on life transitions, mobility enhancement, everyday activities, and access to living, working and learning spaces led by George DuPaul, professor of school psychology, and Vinod Namboodiri, Forlenza Chair of Health Innovation and Technology and professor of computer science and engineering.

  • McFadden Recognized as Outstanding Scholar, Receives Candace S. Bos Innovative Project Grant

    Special Education doctoral student Kimberly McFadden is back in the news with another grant award. She was recently awarded a Candace S. Bos Innovative Project Grant through the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)’s Division for Learning Disabilities (DLD). McFadden's research focuses on word reading intervention for students with reading difficulty in the upper grades. Congratulations, Kimberly!

  • Woodhouse and Alvarenga Receive NIH Supplement Grant

    Susan Woodhouse and Josselyn Alvarenga recently received an NIH Supplement Grant to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research Careers to advance their work over the next two years through the Hearts and Hands Together project.

    Woodhouse is an associate professor, program director for the COE's Counseling Psychology Program, and director of the CARE Lab and Hands and Hearts Together. Alvarenga is a second year doctoral student in the Counseling Psychology program.

  • Kangas Receives Prestigious Grant from the Spencer Foundation

    Sara Kangas, program director of COE's Special Education and ESL programs, has received a grant from the Spencer Foundation through its prestigious Large Grants program. Kangas and Jamie Schissel, an associate professor of Teacher Education and Higher Education at UNC Greensboro, are the principal investigators for the project titled, "Individualized Language Plans for Multilingual Learners with Disabilities: Investigating Implementation and Stakeholder Perspectives."

  • Anglum's Work Cited in White House Report

    The work of Educational Leadership faculty member J. Cameron Anglum was cited in the White House's annual Economic Report of the President, which was released last week. His paper (cited on page 259) examines the federal school funding response to the Great Recession to draw lessons for federal pandemic relief funding in public schools nationwide.

  • Sosa’s Research Leverages Identity to Inform Mental Health Strategies

    Raquel Sosa knew she wanted to pursue a career in psychology before she ever set foot on a college campus. “Looking at the differences between clinical and counseling psych, counseling psychology definitely attracted me a lot more because of the emphasis on social justice,” she said. Sosa was interested in working with Latinx and immigrant populations which made the COE’s Counseling Psychology doctoral program a good fit for her interests.

  • Lauriello Mixes Teaching, Mentorship and Research to Create a Career in Behavior Analysis

    Jennifer Lauriello oversees clinical operations for Lehigh University Autism Services (LUAS) and  provides supervision for the Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) who work directly with clients.

    Working at LUAS and enrolling in the COE’s Special Education doctoral program have allowed Lauriello to grow her clinical skill set, while developing and implementing interventions in a clinical setting. Her position also allows her to teach future clinicians and LUAS staff  to incorporate naturalistic interventions with clients.

  • Kallie (Ziltz) Pearl Named Percy Hughes Award Recipient

    Kallie (Ziltz) Pearl '16 '17 '18G '24 Ph.D. is a four-time Lehigh alumna, most recently graduating from the College of Education’s Teaching, Learning and Technology (TLT) program with her doctoral degree.

    Pearl joined the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science faculty in 2020, where she has developed innovative ways to engage students—especially women and other underrepresented populations—in computer science.